The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 14

B2 1 AROUND THE COUNTY The Sun SATURDAY, May 14, 1988 I Police and fire September by federal investigators. Harper received 157 days off for time served and 78 days for good conduct, Melikian said. Harper is awaiting further sentencing after pleading guilty in February to fugitive charges. 'i 'ill i ii iJ'm I ll''''p I Government auto theft, embezzlement and writing false records. The 57-year-old Bloo-mington resident allegedly sold city-owned cars without authorization and pocketed some of the money.

Maynard is suspected of taking 19 cars over a two-year period and embezzling $6,700 purportedly from the sale of five autos. Fontana's former finance director, Edwin Luekemeyer, is serving a three-year state prison term after pleading guilty to five counts of embezzlement involving city funds. He was initially charged with 55 felony counts of embezzlement, auto theft and falsifying records. Judicial reversal: A Superior Court judge who granted 78 days of unearned work credits to a former prosecutor convicted of child molesting added the time back to the man's sentence Friday. Judge Philip Schaefer "agreed with us that he erred and he fixed it," said Deputy District Attorney Ken Melikian at West Valley Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga.

Harvey William Harper, a former Los Angeles deputy district attorney, was convicted and sentenced in absentia to 14 years for attempted incest and lewd conduct with two teenage girls. Harper, now 52, jumped bail and lived incognito in Colorado for 20 months before he was tracked down in been shot, but an autopsy is pending, Bryant said. The body was discovered 7 p.m. Thursday by three youths riding in the brushy foothills near Summit Road, a half-mile east of Summit Park. Investigators identified the body through fingerprints and determined that it hadn't been there very long, Bryant said.

He had no further information. Burglar leaves big clue: A teenage burglar who signed his nickname to his handiwork has been arrested along with another youth in connection with vandalism and thefts at Red-lands Christian School, police said Friday. The youths, ages 14 and 15, were arrested after police identified the older suspect by a nickname he had spray painted inside a gymnasium at the school, 1145 N. Church said police Cpl. Tom Grimes.

Grimes wouldn't say what the nickname was because it could identify the suspect. The teen's fingerprints were found at the scene, according to Lt. Clete Hyman, who investigated the burglary. The second youth was identified through physical evidence found at the scene, though police did not elaborate. The burglary occurred between 9 p.m.

Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday at the private north Redlands school. Police said someone broke into the gymnasium and vandalized the building's interior with spray paint and food taken from the kitchen. The burglars took several televisions, video cassette recorders, speakers, microphones and other stereo equipment worth a total of $5,000, Hyman said. Naugle's robbed: A stocky gunman clad in a red T-shirt and blue jeans robbed $150 from the Naugle's Drive-Thru Restaurant in the Cooley Ranch area of Colton early Friday morning, police said.

A counter clerk at Naugle's, 1010 E. Washington said a bandit weighing about 215 pounds knocked on the drive-up window shortly before 2 a.m., pointed a handgun and demanded money from the cash register. After sliding through the open window, the robber grabbed the money and left through the rear door. He got into a waiting vehicle and drove west on Washington, authorities said. Courts Maynard hearing: The long-delayed preliminary hearing for Gene Maynard, a former Fontana motor pool chief accused of stealing money and cars, was set Friday for June 3 at Valley Division Municipal Court in Fontana.

Maynard faces 26 felony counts of Suspects charged: The district 'attorney's office filed armed-robbery charges Friday against two men who were arrested Wednesday in connec-' tion with a robbery at a liquor store on Highland Avenue, San Bernardino police said. i Gregory Floyd Suddherth, 38, of San Bernardino and John Fleming, 42, of the Lake Tahoe area were arrested for investigation of armed robbery. Conspiracy charges of harboring a fugitive were filed against Denice O'Dell, 37, said police Detective Bob Valkenburg. Two men who allegedly robbed Shamrock Liquors were chased and shot at when they threatened the store owner who tried to stop them. IThe owner, Pamela Anderson, wounded one of the men and then pursued them in a car chase that ultima- tely led to their arrest by police at an apartment complex in the 3100 block of Little Mountain Drive.

Body identified: The body of a woman found by young equestrians in a rugged area at Rancho Cucamonga's northeast border was identified Friday as Christina Ann Mitchell, a 27-" year-old security company employee. Sheriffs spokesman Jim Bryant said Mitchell's last known address was in Pomona. She appeared to have Apartment ban: The San Bernardino City Council has endorsed a ban on new apartments in the Verdemont area but will allow homes on lots smaller than an acre. Verdemont residents had supported a Planning Commission recommendation for the general plan to require most lots of at least an acre. "We are terribly unhappy.

We feel the developers got everything they wanted," said Barbara Sky, a Verdemont resident and advocate of slow growth. The proposed guidelines approved Thursday will be used until a final general plan can be adopted within the next year, and the rules may be incorporated into the final plan. Sky said higher-density housing would be unsafe in an area with inadequate fire protection. The council also agreed Thursday to hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday to discuss general-plan designations for the Del Rosa and Highland areas.

Chamber: Area teachers give lift to education iProbe: City treasurer says he comparison shops for best rates Continued fromB1 before he realized he was not still in his office on campus. Valley College Vice President Judith Valles prompted some chuckles with her daughter's description of award-recipient Robert Petersen, a geography teacher. "She said he's a 1960s kind of guy. He's relaxed and he makes you feel relaxed and he knows it's a boring subject," said Valles. James R.

Appleton, newly inaugurated president of the University of Redlands, was the main speaker for the 7:30 a.m. event. He said it is important for the educational and business communities to work together for the betterment of both. Appleton said he is tired of criticism about the public school system and added that the "learning and teaching communities have to pay attention to the love of learning," which he described as the joy of conceiving an idea or creating images with the written word, music and art. He described teachers as unsung heroes who are helping to develop the leaders of tomorrow.

He said the advice and leadership, as well as the financial support, of the business community is needed to prepare students for the world of work. "We must encourage public support for the cherished asset of education in our country," Apple-ton said. Yeager, treasurer for General professor last year. Lorei is division chairman of the Technical Division at San Bernardino Valley College, where he has worked for 21 years. Petersen, who has done extensive geological research in Africa, joined Valley College in 1975.

Edwards is an associate professor and chairman of the Computer and Information Science Department at Crafton Hills College, where he has worked for five years. Orr has been professor of the Physical Sciences-Mathematics Department at Crafton for 10 years. Chamber participants included President Gill Snyder; Les Murray, vice president of the education division; and Ken Ariail, chairman of the higher education committee. Seating Co. in San Bernardino, is the first businessman honored since the awards program began five years ago.

He is a board member for the San Bernardino City Unified School District and as past chamber president worked to promote the chamber's involvement in education. Clarke is director of the graduate studies program for Cal State's School of Business and Administration and has been at the school since 1976. Pendleton is an associate professor and coordinator of vocational teacher education for the Cal State's School of Education, where he has worked for seven years. Warren, who joined Cal State in 1973, is a professor of psychology and was named outstanding Continued fromB1 negotiate contracts with investment brokers because daily shifts in interest rates would require a new contract with each shift. City Treasurer Craig Graves said he signs contracts with brokers, and the certificates of deposits he receives are sufficient guarantees that the money is secure in a financial institution at a interest rate.

Graves said he comparison for the best rates and always does extensive background of brokerage firms that approach the city with offers to invest money. Hermosillo said that in the case of Astor Wood Financial, Saul rightfully trusted the agency's reputable financial consultants and attorneys, who recommended the broker. "There is no question that the people of San Bernardino benefited from what Glenda Saul did, and there is nothing illegal about Hermosillo said. and other council mfcmbers contend that the redevelopment agency's investment "policy intends for money to be invested in area banks and savings dnd loans so officials know the investments are safe. Deputy Director Sandy Low-der and Saul have said that the policy does not limit investments to area banks but do require the agency to look for the highest yield.

Hermosillo said allowing a broker to invest the funds nationwide meant higher interest rates and $100,000 more in the return on investment. Maudsley and Estrada agreed that Saul's actions do not appear to be illegal, but both say there are still questions about whether officials followed agency policy. An audit commissioned by Mayor Evlyn Wilcox found no improprieties in the way the agency invested the money, and Lowder said Friday the actions were in complete accord with the objections of agency policy. Third Ward Councilman Jess Flores and others say they are not satisfied with the audit. Wilcox has not decided whether to reinstate Saul.

The executive director was placed on paid administrative leave April 21, pending the outcome of the investigation. The county district attorney's office also is investigating the investments, according to Dennis Barlow, the senior assistant city attorney. Marks: Back in the fray? I 11 i flsgr? YfetHF ftm Continued fromB1 Ittie candidate filing period opens IHe refused to be more dodged questions about whether he could afford the mayor's job. Be left the council on Jan. 6, 1987, -quitting a post at University of California, Riverside, to become director of administration at Irvine-based National Education Corp.

Marks, who lives in San Bernardino with his wife and two Sons, said he has remained interested in city affairs since leaving office, and has stayed active in a dumber of service groups. He said if he does run for mayor, he could make a positive contribution. I iDuring his 5'2-year tenure on the council, Marks gained a repu tation as a bulldog power broker. Though he is credited with a number of achievements, including helping arrange an out-of-court settlement between the city and San Manuel Indian bingo parlor and forcing an environmental review of a controversial housing project, his hard-charging ways also stepped on toes at City Hall. Former Mayor W.R.

Holcomb once described Marks as a "gor-rilla in heat." But the former councilman's horoscope, read amid laughter as he was introduced Friday, seems to foretell a return to power. The horoscope, an obvious good-natured stab at Nancy Reagan's fondness for astrology, said Marks, a Gemini, should "try to get closer to the action." i Police! Candidate may be charged You feel so alone as if no one understands. Facing each new day is like a nightmare that never ends. It takes all your courage just to get out of bed. Your nights are long, fearful, sleepless.

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Is this the way Brickley thanks law-abiding citizens for years of unpaid police service?" Brickley has said the investigation had nothing to do with politics. He said he and other officers were dismayed to see a political candidate use the uniform and department in a campaign. One day after learning of the investigation, Lawson's campaign headquarters issued a press release in which Lawson called on his rivals to "recommit themselves to the principles of the Fair (Political) Campaign Practices statements we all signed." Lawson suggested the investigation as well as the recent burglary of his campaign office may have been the work of overzea-lous campaign- workers. Continued fromB1 lice report. A decision on whether to file the charge probably will not come until next week, she Because of the political nature of the matter, Taylor-Rees she probably would confer her superiors before decid-uig whether to file charges.

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